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'HE busy, bustling City of Fall River is 
the embodiment of the sagacity, energy, 
and successful industry of her own peo- 
'^ pie. No city or town engaged in similar 
pursuits has greater cause for satisfaction, or 
can refer to stronger reasons for the exercise of 
a just pride in the achievements of her own cit- 
izens. Most of the large manufacturing towns 
of New England are the representation of the 
surplus capital of the older commercial cities. 
Fall River is the outgrowth of home industry 
■ and good management, which, under the bless- 
ings of a benign Providence, have given her a 
foremost rank in manufacturing cities, and a 
continued success rarely enjoyed by those en- 
gaged in manufacturing or commercial pursuits. 
Her citizens have at various times met with re- 



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verses, in the way of conflagrations and strikes, 
but upon recovering from them, increased pros- 
perity has been the result; and whether in man- 
ufacturing or other business, the immense capi- 
tal which is wielded here is strictly within the 
hands of her own citizens. 

The words or motto of her corporate seal 
•' We'll Tr)^" have thus received a most signifi- 
cant and practical exposition, and, to-day, the 
swiftly developing interests of Fall River repre- 
sent a productive force, at least double that of 
any other New England city, engaged in the 
same class of pursuits. Business is managed 
with a thrift and exactness seldom attained; but 
thrift and exactness are not allowed to degener- 
erate into littleness, nor are preconceived opin- 
ions held with a tenacity which amounts to stub- 
bornness. Her manufacturers are conscious 
that the world advances, and desire to advance 
with it, adopting those suggestions which are 
reasonable, keeping fully up to the demands of 
educated labor, desirous of promoting the inter- 
ests of their employees in wages, hours of labor, 
and niental and physical requisites, and making 
them feel that the interests of employer and em- 
ployed are one and inseparable. 

J^'all River is a city and port of entry c f Bris- 



OF FALL RIVER. 5 

tol Co., Massachusetts, and is pleasantly situat- 
ed on a rather abrupt elevation of land, rising at 
the head of Mt. Hope Bay, an arm of Narra- 
gansett Bay. It comprises an area of about 
thirty-six and a half square miles, and about 23,- 
330 acres including both land and water. It is 
eminently a manufacturing place, but is special- 
ly noted for its Cotton Manufactories; while its 
favorable position as regards railway and steam- 
boat communications, its improvements in com- 
mercial and mechanical industry, and its recent 
almost unparalleled increase in population and 
wealth have given it a name and importance, 
second to none in the Commonwealth. 

In the union of hydraulic power and naviga- 
ble waters, it is probably without a parallel up- 
on the American Continent. Its hydraulic pow- 
er is derived from a small stream — Fall River 
— whence the name of the city, which has its 
source, or is in reality the outflow of a chain of 
ponds lying two miles east of the Bay, covering 
an area of some 5,000 acres, and having a length 
of about eleven miles, and an average breadth 
of three quarters of a mile. They are mostly 
supplied by perennial springs, though receiving 
the outlets of several other sheets of water. 
The extent of country drained, is comparatively 



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small, — not over 7,000 acres, and the quantity 
of power therefore is to be attributed to the 
springs alluded to, and to the great and rapid 
fall of the river, which in less than half a mile 
is more than 132 feet. The flow of the river is 
one hundred and twenty-one and a half cubic 
feet per second, or 9,841,500,000 Imperial gal- 
lons in a year of three hundred days of ten hours 
each. The remarkable advantages of this river 
as a mill stream have been increased by build- 
ing a dam at the outlet of the ponds, which gives 
the water an additional fall of two feet ; and its 
lower banks are entirely built up with large man- 
ufacturing establishments, which so rapidly suc- 
ceed each other, as scarcely to leave space be- 
tween the buildings, sufficient for light and air. 
The river for almost its entire length runs upon 
a granite bed, and for much of the distance is 
confined between high banks, also of granite. 
Differing therefore from most other water-pow- 
ers, this one allows the entire space between the 
banks to be occupied, and most of the water 
wheels connected with the older factories are 
placed directly in the bed of the river. More- 
over while the river affords an almost uniform 
and constant supply of water, it is never subject 
to excess, and an injury, in consequence of a 



OF FALL RIVER. J 

freshet has never yet been known. The river is 
perfectly controllable, and thus it is, that the 
mills were built directly across the river, the 
wheels placed in the bed of the river, and yet 
from an excess of water, no damage was to be 
apprehended. In later years, however, most of 
the breast wheels employed in these older mills, 
have been supplanted by the modern appliances 
of turbine wheels and steam power. 

With the increase of wealth and skill in man- 
ufacture, and the entrance upon the stage of ac- 
tion of younger men of enterprise and ambition, 
new projects were formed, and as the older mills 
occupied all available space upon the river banks, 
new situations were sought out and appropriated, 
and the " New Mills " so called, were first erect- 
ed on the margin of the ponds to the south and 
east of the city, and of which the stream is the 
outlet, and afterwards in the northerly and 
southerly sections of the city, on the banks of 
Taunton river and Laurel lake. The growth of 
the city in this respect has been almost marvel- 
lous, no less than eleven large mills of from 30,- 
000 to 40,000 spindles each, being erected in 
one year (1872), involving an outlay of capital to 
the extent of |io,ooo,ooo, employing 5,000 hands 
and adding an immediate population of some 



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15,000 persons. Villages rapidly spring up and 
cluster around each mill, while much of the in- 
termediate space is divided into house lots, and 
appropriated for dwellings and stores. The sud- 
den occupation of outlying sections, and the nec- 
essary throwing out of streets and lanes, has 
been unexceptionally rapid, especially, for a 
place of seventy years' settlement. In fact, so ra- 
pid is the change in appearance, that what were 
once familiar scenes remain so no longer, vary- 
ing from day to day as though viewed through a 
kaleidoscope. 

The number of incorporated companies for 
the manufacture of cotton goods is now thirty- 
four, owning forty-one mills, or forty-four, count- 
ing those having two mills under one roof, with 
an incorporated capital of $14,870,000, but a 
probable investment of $30,000,000, containing 
1,269,788 spindles, and 29,521 looms. 

There were in the village of Fall River, some 
thirty dwellings and two hundred inhabitants, 
when the cotton business was first started, sixty 
years ago. The first cotton factory was built in 
1813, commencing operations with 896 spindles. 
The " Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactory " 
and the " P'all River Manufactory " were formed 
in that year. The growth of the village, how- 



OF FALL RIVEK. 9 

ever, was extremely gradual, for the increase 
from 1810 to 1820 was only 298 souls in the 
whole town. Between 1820 and 1830 two more 
companies were formed, and in 1840, the cotton 
mills had increased to eight, with 32,084 spin- 
dles, the number now in one good sized mill. 
The population then was 6,738. In i860 the 
population was 13,240, with eleven cotton mills 
and about 2,600 operatives, running 192,620 spin- 
dles, and having an incorporated capital of $2,- 
260,000. 

In 1870, the number of incorporated compa- 
nies was eighteen, having a capital of $6,310,- 
000, and 698,148 spindles. The population then 
numbered 27,191. 

But it is the past two years that have witnessed 
the most surprising developments in this direc- 
tion. For a city of its size, wealth, and popula- 
tion, it would seem as though two or three new 
companies were sufficient to absorb its surplus 
capital, energy, and ambition; but company suc- 
ceeded company, until fifteen new corporations 
had been formed, the land purchased, laid out 
into mill sites and tenement lots, the foundations 
put in, and the massive walls reared story by 
story ; the machinery contracted for, received 
and put in place ; and to-day the busy hum of 



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more than a million spindles and the dull roar 
of our greater cities, rises on the quiet air from 
the North, the South, the East, and the West. 

By a wise provision of State law, under which 
these various companies are incorporated, the 
shares (whatever be the Capital stock in total) 
are made One Hundred Dollars each, thus giv- 
ing an opportunity to all, to rich and poor alike, 
as well to the man of moderate means as to the 
man of wealth, and ease, and comfort, to become 
owners in these various enterprises ; and it not 
unfrequently happens that the operatives of a 
mill are joint owners with the larger capitalists, 
and sharers in the proceeds of their productive 
industry. The great question of Labor and Cap- 
ital thus receives a ready and practical solution, 
alike beneficial to employer and employed. The 
accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few 
at the expense and destitution of the many, is 
rendered impossible ; the evils of concentrated 
capital are avoided ; the channels of productive 
industry are kept open to the whole people ; and 
the producer of wealth is a sharer in its benefits, 
in proportion to his merits and his gains. Co- 
operative ownership has gone far towards creat- 
ing in the operative an interest favorable to tem- 
perance and personal enterprise ; has taught 



OF FALL RIVER. II 

him to look well to the results of his own acts, 
before indulging in personal misconduct ; has 
fitted him for the maintenance and support of 
his own just privileges and benefits ; and has 
given to the world a great gain in general pro- 
gress and improvement. 

In full running time (averaging between ten 
and eleven hours per day,) the mills now incor- 
porated will employ 15,000 hands, using 130,000 
Bales of Cotton yearly, in the manufacture of 
330,000,000 yards of cloth. The monthly Pay 
Rolls amount to over $500,000 which by a recent 
arrangement is paid as follows: — one fourth of 
the mills paying the first week, another fourth 
the second week, and so on consecutively 
through the month. 

From statistical reports for the year 1872, and 
a comparison of the relative wealth of the cities 
of the Commonwealth, it appears that Fall Riv- 
er ranks fourth in valuation of Personal, and 
sixth in Real Estate valuation ; that the aggre- 
gate gain in one year (1872) was $8,701,300, or 
41 per cent, — with one exception the largest gain, 
either in amount or per centage, in the whole 
State. In the scale of tax rates, the city stood 
third on the list, but two having a lower rate, 
and in point of population advanced from the 



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eighth to the fifth, with almost a certainty of be- 
ing second in a few years. With such an ex- 
hibit, no one will question that her position is 
one of great credit to herself, and a few years 
more of uninterrupted prosperity, will place her 
in the first rank of our manufacturing cities. 

While the principal manufacturing business 
of Fall River consists in the production of Print 
Cloths, its industrial activity is also largely en- 
gaged in the printing of Calicoes, in the manu- 
facture of Iron in the forms of hoops, rods, nails, 
castings, &c., and of Machinery. 

There are two Calico print-works in the city, 
both belonging to the American Print Works. 
This Company began operations in 1834, and its 
first printed goods were sent to market in Jan- 
uary, 1835. Beginning with a few printing ma- 
chines, it has increased its business until it ranks 
among the largest in the country. Its products 
are of great variety and stand among the first 
class, from the most tasty /^rr^/^, to the indigo 
print, which still holds its place in domestic use. 
It requires no less than six large mills to supply 
its printing machines wdth cloth ; these now 
number 21 at both establishments, 19 of which 
are commonly busy at work, turning out 30,000 
pieces of Calico Prints per week. About 1,000 



OF FALL RIVEK. 13 

persons are employed by this Company, which 
in addition to its two print works, keeps the 
Mount Hope Mill of 9,000 spindles actively en- 
gaged in supplying it with the finest class of its 
print cloths. Its monthly Pay Roll amounts to 
about $35,000. 

The Bay State Print Works, the smaller of the 
two print works, is situated at Globe Village, 
upon a stream which issues from Laurel Lake 
and empties into Mt. Hope Bay, and which has 
been utilized for manufacturing purposes for 
more than 60 years. The American Print Works 
in which the larger part of its printing is done, 
is a handsome massive granite structure upon 
Water St., near the wharf of the Narragansett 
Steamship Co., and is three stories high, sur- 
mounted by a Mansard roof. It is 60 feet wide, 
and presents a front of 406 feet in length on 
Water St., broken only by a finely proportioned 
tower, some no feet in height, furnished with a 
large bell and a clock with glass dials, which 
adds to its completeness. The front is princi- 
pally built of beautiful ashlar work ; the first 
story has large arched windows, while a single 
hammered granite pillar, with cap and base, oc- 
cupies the space between each window. In the 
rear of the main building are four wings, varying 



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in length from loo to 150 feet each. The build- 
ing is one of the finest devoted to the printing 
business in the country, if not in the world, and 
attracts the attention of all strangers, as they 
enter the city by steamboat or railway. Its am- 
ple rooms are furnished with modern appliances 
of science and skill in each department, and the 
productions of this Company are to be found in 
all sections of the country, from the Atlantic to 
the Pacific. 

Another of the great establishments of the 
city is the Fall River Iron Works, established 
in 1821, operated wholly by steam, employing 
600 hands and working up 40 tons of pig and 
scrap iron per day. The works are carried on 
in three buildings, — a Rolling Mill, Nail Mill, 
and Foundry. 32,000 Tons of Iron are used 
annually in the production of nails, hoops, rods, 
castings, &c. There are 105 nail machines, the 
product of which is about 115,000 kegs of nails 
per annum. Its monthly jDay roll averages 
$30,000. 

In the various Machine shops of the city, is 
manufactured machinery of every description, 
though mostly confined to cotton machinery. 
No better Cotton machinery is found in the 
country than that made at Fall River. 



OF FALL RIVER. 1 5 

There are four Cotton Thread Manufactories, 
producing about 6,000 Dozen Thread per day ; 
and a Woolen Mill having 8 sets of machinery, 
consuming 350,000 pounds of wool, and turning 
out 100,000 yards of fine fancy Cassimeres per 
annum. A large Bleaching establishment has 
been organized, the buildings erected, and when 
in full operation, its capacity will be from 5,000 to 
6,000 pieces daily. The city has also its full 
share of smaller manufactories, such as are 
common to places of its size and character. 

The harbor formed at the mouth ot Taunton 
river is safe, commodious, easy of access, and 
deep enough for ships of the largest class. The 
navigable interests of the city are by no means 
inconsiderable, and besides the vessels owned 
here and engaged in the coasting trade, many 
and some of them of a large class, are annually 
chartered to bring from foreign and domestic 
ports, lumber, coal, iron, and various other ar- 
ticles consumed by manufacturers and others of 
the city. 

The city has within its borders and in its im- 
mediate vicinity, an inexhaustible supply of fine 
Granite, equal in quality to any in the country. 
This granite is extensively wrought, giving em- 
ployment to and affording support for numerous 



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persons. The fortifications at Newport, R. I., 
were constructed mainly with granite obtained 
from these quarries, and it has also been used 
largely for building purposes in the city itself. 
Indeed its Mill buildings are justly a matter of 
pride, for so many and such substantial struct- 
ures (mostly built of stone), are rarely seen. 

Of fine Public buildings, there are compara- 
tively few, but the Fall River Savings Bank 
Building, the new Durfee Block, Pocasset Bank 
and Troy Buildings with the older Granite Block, 
Mt. Hope Block, and City Hall, now being 
transformed at a large expense into a noble ed- 
ifice of modern style, give a foretaste of what 
may be expected in this direction, when capital 
is a little more at leisure. 

The City possesses not a few beautiful drives 
some of which cannot be excelled, especially 
those in the outskirts of the city proper. High- 
land Avenue stretches off along the margin of 
the hills to the North, affording numberless fine 
views up the river, and down the bay, and over 
the country beyond. " Eight Rod Way," so 
called because its width is just eight rods, is a . 
pleasant avenue on the South, stretching along 
the margin of the South Watuppa, (giving a fine 
view of the great granite factories along its bor- 



OF FALL RIVER. IJ 

ders,) thence over the hill to Laurel Lake be- 
yond, a beautiful sheet of water, around whose 
northern shore may be seen another cluster of 
mills, huge, substantial structures, alike noble 
and grand in appearance. Broadway leading 
from the South, also affords excellent views of 
the city, the bay, the opposite shores, and of the 
river winding down from among the hills to the 
North ; while for calm, quiet country views, 
close at hand or stretching off miles in the hazy 
distance, the equal of North Main Road, on a 
bright sunny day, cannot often be found. To 
these may be added the longer drives — Bell 
Rock Road, the Pond Road, Stone Bridge Road, 
and the Ferry Road (to Somerset,) each having 
its own peculiar attractions of quiet country life, 
of hill and dale, of meadow, brook, and wood- 
land, or the more stirring scenes of the seashore, 
with the white glistening sails of the shipping, 
the swiftly gliding steamers, and the rush of the 
railway cars. 

Provision has been made for posterity, in the 
purchase and laying out in different parts of the 
.city, of two Public Parks ; the larger one of 
sixty acres on the South, stretching from Main 
Street to the shores of the Bay, and giving ample 
room for walks, drives, playgrounds, &c. The 



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surface is widely variegated, and when time 
shall have brought to perfection, what the art 
and taste of man has designed, it will prove one 
of the most delightful and attractive spots in the 
city- From man}'^ parts of it, the city, the river, 
and the romantic scenery beyond, are in full 
prospect. 

With the growth of the city, came the neces- 
sity of taking some steps towards providing a 
supply of pure Water. In 187 1, after a thor- 
ough investigation of the supply and quality of 
the water available, and the facilities for obtain- 
ing and distributing it, the city by a large vote 
decided to introduce water from the North 
Watuppa Pond. Land was secured for a res- 
ervoir and water works, and thus an enterprise 
which promises beneficial results of the utmost 
importance to the city, fully inaugurated. 

Reservoir Hill situated almost upon the mar- 
gin of the pond, is more than 250 feet above tide 
water, and is better adapted to the purpose for 
which it is designed, than had been supposed to 
be attainable in the city. The investigations 
made, have shown that the facilities for obtain- 
ing and distributing water, are equal to those of 
any, and superior to those possessed by most of 
the towns and cities which have Water Works 



OF FALL RIVER. IQ 

in operation. The supply of water to be ob- 
tained is ample, and excels in purity, any with 
which it has been brought in comparison, con- 
taining but 1.80 grains of solid matter to the 
gallon, while 25 others, range from 2.14 to 1 1.21, 
and average 5.89 grains to the gallon. The 
construction of the Water Works is in charge 
of a Commission, who are carrying forward the 
enterprise as rapidly as possible, and it is more 
than probable that water will be flowing through 
the mains before the close of 1873. 

Oak Grove Cemetery occupies an elevated 
spot in the north-easterly section of the city. 
It is well laid out with gravelled walks and road- 
ways, and planted and embellished with many va- 
rieties of trees, shrubbery and flowers. Numer- 
ous monuments of very fine workmanship are 
already erected, and if one is to judge the living, 
by the resting place of the dead. Fall River has 
little to fear in the application of such a test ; 
nay, rather may feel a just and proper satisfac- 
tion in the consciousness, that when loved ones 
are removed by death, she has provided so 
comely and appropropriate a resting place, in 
this sacred enclosure. 

The North Cemetery upon North Main Road 
was for many years the principal burial place of 



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the city, and here were deposited all that was 
mortal of many who were once active and belov- 
ed citizens and neighbors. After the purchase 
and laying out of Oak Grove Cemetery, the re- 
mains of many of these were transferred to those 
grounds. Quite contiguous to the North Cem- 
etery, is another cemetery owned and occupied 
by the Roman Catholics. 

In its secular and religious teachings, Fall 
River appears determined, notwithstanding all 
obstacles, to maintain a good moral reputation 
in the community. The great evil with which 
all manufacturing cities and towns have to con- 
tend, at the present day, especially, is the indis- 
criminate sale and use of stimulants, and with 
this evil, the moral and sober minded people of 
Fall River have to contend. 

There are in the city, eighteen Churches, well 
arranged and commodious, supplied with well 
educated and talented preachers, and attended, 
all by fair-sized, and some of them by large con- 
gregations. Mission Schools shedding the kind- 
ly influence of Christianity here and there, have 
been established in various parts of the city, and 
under the care of devoted and self-sacrificing 
teachers, have continued from year to year with 
growing numbers and increasing usefulness. 



OF FALL RIVER. 21 

Educational interests have not been neglected, 
the annual appropriation by the city being up- 
wards of ^70,000 for the support of the High 
School with English, Classical and Mixed Cour- 
ses, three Grammar Schools, and numerous 
Intermediate and Primary schools. 

The city is provided with a Free Public Li- 
brary and a large Circulating Library, both of 
which are well supplied with the most recent 
publications, and are accessible to all. There 
are also numerous private and Society Libraries, 
and local book-clubs, and it is a well authenti- 
cated fact, that Fall River has a much greater 
proportion of readers than is commonly found 
outside of the larger and wealthier cities. 

There are two Weekly and two Daily Papers, 
published by three different companies. 

There are seven Banks with an aggregate Cap- 
ital of ^2,250,000, and a surplus account of ^i,- 
152,341 ; and four Savings Banks, carefully and 
faithfully conducted, having $8,891,000 Deposits 
belonging to 21,190 Depositors. Three large 
private Banking Houses aid materially in facil- 
itating financial transactions. 

The City is lighted with Gas; its streets are 
generally wide and many of them well shaded ; 
its private dwellings are neat and comfortable, 



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some of them even elegant. Good order is main- 
tained by an efficient and well -officered police 
force, and protection against fire is furnished in 
a thoroughly organized, paid Fire Department 
with steam and hand engines. Additional se- 
curity will be afforded with the introduction of 
water, by the Water Works now in course of 
construction. 

Fall River suffered early and severely by Fire. 
On Sunday, July 2d, 1843, *^^ ^^^^"^ village of 
Fall River was visited by one of the most de- 
structive fires which up to that time had ever oc- 
curred in this country, and it will ever be referred 
to by the inhabitants of the city, as a day most 
memorable in its annals. It furnishes a date 
from which incidents are often reckoned, and " be- 
fore the fire " and " after the fire " are terms well 
understood and in common use among the peo- 
ple. The scene at the time was truly heart-rend- 
ing. The fire commenced at about three o'clock 
in the afternoon, when the people had just as- 
sembled in the several churches for afternoon 
worship ; at a time when there had been no rain 
for several weeks ; when the wind was blowing 
a gale ; and so rapidly did the flames spread, 
that for a time all human efforts to check its 
progress were completely baffled ; nor was it 



OF FALL RIVER. 2 3 

Stopped, until the wind changed and had meas- 
urably subsided. The fire was very soon so ex- 
tended, that the means at hand for extinguish- 
ing it, could be brought to bear but on a very 
small portion of it. The fire was raging upon 
twenty or thirty, and perhaps forty buildings at 
one and the same time ; raging with such fury 
and spreading with such velocity, that many of 
the sufferers gladly escaped with their lives, 
" without a pillow for their heads, or a change 
of raiment for their backs." When at length 
the fire was subdued, it was found to have burned 
over an area extending from Borden St. on the 
south, to Franklin St. on the north, sweeping 
over twenty acres of the very heart of the vil- 
lage. 

All of the merchandise stores in the place 
were destroyed, except six or eight small grocer- 
ies on the outskirts of the village, together with 
95 Dwellings, occupied by 225 families, i Facto- 
ry, 3 Churches, 2 Hotels, 2 Banks, Custom 
House, Athenaeum and Post Office, 3 Printing 
Offices, &c., and about 75 mechanic and other 
workshops. Some two hundred buildings w'ere 
burned (not including small ones) involving a 
loss of property amounting to more than half a 
million of dollars. 



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But notwithstanding the great fire and the im- 
mense loss of property, by the energy of her cit- 
izens, the burnt district was soon rebuilt, and 
what at first seemed so terrible a catastrophe, 
served only to warm into new life the industrial 
activities and latent energies of her citizens. 

Fall River is 53 miles south of Boston, 1S3 
miles north east of New York, 17 miles south of 
Taunton, iS miles south east of Providence, 14 
miles west of New Bedford, and 18 miles north 
of Newport. Daily lines of Steamers connect 
Fall River, Providence, Newport and New York, 
while two lines of Railways give ample passen- 
ger and freight communications inland. Four- 
teen passenger trains pass to and fro between 
Boston and Fall River daily, and of the three or 
four routes between Boston and New York, the 
" Old Fall River Line " has ever proved the 
most popular. That this route to New York for 
comfort, convenience, and beauty of scenery, far 
excels all other routes, there is no question. 
Passengers leaving Boston have a delightful view 
of Boston Harbor, pass through numerous villa- 
ges and an evfer changing landscape, and for sev- 
eral miles sweep along the banks of Taunton 
river to Fall River. P>om the decks of the mag- 
nificent floating palaces, unsuri)assed in elegance 



OF FALL RIVER. 2$ 

and safety by any steamers afloat, may be seen 
one of the finest panoramic views in New Eng- 
land, — Fall River rising abruptly from the bay 
on the east ; the bare, bald summit of Mt. Hope 
on the west ; and the waters of Mt, Hope and 
Narragansett Bays stretching out before them on 
the south. By this route, too, passengers after 
enjoying a good night's rest, arrive in New York 
or Boston in ample season for all business or 
travelling purposes. 

Fall River is often called the "Border City" 
because lying on the very borders of the State. 
Previous to 1862, a part of the city was in Mas- 
sachusetts and a part in Rhode Island, the divid- 
ing line of the two States running through the 
southern centre of the city. In that year, how- 
ever, the boundary line was removed two miles 
south, and Fall River, Mass., and Fall River, R. 
I., became one, thus bringing the whole city in- 
to one municipality. 

Fall River was formerly a part of Freetown 
and was incorporated as a separate town in 1803, 
Its name was soon after changed to Troy, but in 
1834 its old appellation was restored. Its Indian 
name was "Quequeteant" signifying "the J>/ace 
of falling water," and that of the river " Que- 
quechan" which signifies "falling water" or 



26 HISTORICAL SKETCH. 

" quick running water ;" hence its appropriate 
name of Fall River. " Watuppa" the Indian 
name of the ponds on the east and by which they 
are still called, signifies "boats" or "the place 
of boats." 

Fall River was incorporated a City in 1854. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 2/ 



Chronological Table of Important Events 

In the History of Fall River. 



1656. 

July 3. The tcn-itory east of Taunton River, 
(including Fall River) granted to certain 
Freemen by the General Court at Plymouth, 
and called the '• Freemen's Purchase." 

1659. 

April -2. Same territory acquired from the 
Indians by purchase. 

1675- 

June. King Philip's War begun by an at- 
tack on Swansea. July 8. Almy's Peasfleld 
Fight, Tiverton. July 18. Pocasset Swamp 
Fight, Tiverton. Aug. 6. Weetamoe, squaw 
Sachem of Pocasset, drowned near Slade's 
Ferry. Aug. 12. King Philip killed at Mt. 
Hope. Aug. 28. Aunawau, King Philip's 
chief captain, captured, aud soon after exe- 
cuted at Plymouth. 

1675- 

Close of Indian Wars in Massachusetts. 



28 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1680. 

The territory east of Mount Hope Bay, in- 
cluding Tiverton, acquired ))y deeds from the 
General Court at Plymouth, and from the 
Indians. It was called the " Pocasset Pur- 
chase," and was settled by Col. Church and 
the ancestors of the present Bordens and 
Durfees. The town was called " Pocasset." 
This is the fjkst settlement of Fall River 
territor}'. 

Thomas Durfee, of Portsmouth, R. I., 
supposed to be the ancestor of most of those 
Avho bear his name in this vicinity, bought 
one-sixtieth of the Pocasset Purchase for £34. 
This tract is probably the territory now oc- 
cupied in part by the South Park. 

1683. 

Fi-eetowu, including the present territory of 
Fall River, incorporated. 



1691. 



Col. CHuirch became proprietor of 2GH shares 
(26^-30ths) of a piece of land thirty rods 
wide, adjacent to the stream and including 
the Water Power on the south side of the 
river, west of Main Street, and on both sides 
east of Main Street, and extending to the 
Ponds. John Borden, of Portsmouth, R. J., 
probably bought the other 3>^ shares. This 
strip, a reservation from the Pocasset Pur- 
chase, contained 6G acres, and was valued at 
about £225. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 29 

1694. 

Pocasset incorporated and called Tiverton, 
from a town in Devonshire, England. 

1684 — 1700. 

Disagreement as to boundary line between 
Freetown and Tiverton. 

1700. 

Boundary line agreed upon, and all the Water 
Power included in Tiverton. 

1702. 

A small piece or strip of land, a reservation 
fi-om the Freemen's Purchase, lying on the 
north side of the stream and west of Main 
Street, bought by John Borden, of Ports- 
mouth, R. I. In 1714, Col. Church sold out 
his 26*/^ shares of the Pocasset Reservation 
for £1000 to the same John Borden, owner of 
the other 3J^ shares, who thus became pos- 
sessor of the whole of the Water Power and 
most of the land now forming the centre of 
the city, together with a strip east to the 
Watuppa Pond. This John Borden is sup- 
posed to be the ancestor of all who bear his 
name in this vicinitj'. 

1703. 

Col. Church erected a saw mill, grist mill and 
Fulling Mill on the stream, - south side. 

1740. 

Dispute concerning the boundaiy line be- 
tween the colonies of Massachusetts and 



30 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1740. 

Rhode Island. A Royal Commission ap- 
pointed to determine the true boundary of 
each. 

1746. 

The award of the Commissioners conlh-med 
by the King, though appealed from by both 
colonies. Ex-parte lines r\m by Rhode Is- 
land, but found incorrect when revised by 
Massachusetts in 1791. 

1747- 

Tiverton ti-ansferred from Massachusetts to 
Rliode Island, and the centre of tlie village of 
Fall River, together with the Water Power, 
transferred from Tiverton to Freetown, and 
thus continued under the jurisdiction of 
Massachusetts. 

1776. 

July 15. The inhabitants of Freetown declar- 
ed for the Independence of the Colonies. 

.778. 

May 2.'). 150 British Troops attacked the vil- 
lage of Fall River. Repulsed with the loss 
of two men, by a company (30) of local mili- 
tia, under Col. Joseph Durfee. 

1803. 

Fall River set ofl" from Freetown and incor- 
porated,— 18 Dwellings and 100 Inhabitants. 
The first Town House was established at 
Steep Brook, tlie tlien centre of business, in 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 3 I 

1803. 

180;i. In 1825, a new Town House was ere('ted, 
on land now occupied l)y the North Ceme- 
teiy. In 1836, this building was removed to 
Town Avenue, and occupied until the com- 
pletion of the new Town Hall and Market 
Buihlmg, erected alter the *' Great Fire," on 
Main Street. In 1845-6, the present Citj' 
Hall Building, built of Fall River granite, 
was erected in Market Square at an expense 
of $65,000, including lot, foundation, side 
walks, furniture, &c. In 1872-3, this build- 
ing was entirely remodelled (the original 
walls only being left) and rebuilt with the 
addition of a Mansard roof, tower, clock, 
bell, &c. 

1804. 

Name " Fall River" changed to " Troy," and 
continued so for 30 years. In 1834, changed 
back again to " Fall River." 

1811. 

Jan. 31. Post Office established; first mail 
received February 12. 

A Cotton Mill, the first in this vicinity, 
erected at Globe Village by Col. Joseph Dur- 
fee and others. This building is still stand- 
ing on the east side of So. Main St., near the 
junction of Broadway and Globe Sts. The 
first cotton mill with machinery on the Ark- 
wright principle, was erected in Pawtucket, 
R. I., by Samuel Slater, in 1790. In 1812, 



32 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 



I51I. 

there were in Rhode Island, 33 cotton facto- 
ries, containing 30,GG3 spindles. In Massa- 
chusetts, there were 20 mills containing 17.371 
spindles. Previous to 1812, the mills only 
spun the yarn, the Aveaving being done by 
hand looms in the neighboring farm-houses. 

1813. 

First cotton mill (Troy) erected in FallKiver. 

1821. 

The Fall River Iron Works Companj- formed. 
Incorporated in 1825. First established at 
the loot of the stream, west of the Annawan 
Mill. Removed to its present locality in 1840. 
Enlarged in 1841. Burned in May, 1843, and 
rebuilt the same year. 

1824. 

Robeson's Print Works built. In 1830, or- 
ganized as the Fall River Print Works. In- 
corporated in 1848. In 1858-(!4 altered into a 
Cotton Mill. 

1825. 

The manufacture of Woolen Goods com- 
menced in the Satinet Factory, standing 
where the Pocasset Mill now stands. Suc- 
ceeded in 1849 by the Wamsutta Steam Wool- 
en Mill on " Mosquito Lsiand," a promontory 
near the outlet of the Pond. 

1825. 

The Fall River Bank establisheil. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 33 

1826. 

The first newspaper, the Fall Rivek Moni- 
tor, (weekly) established. Hoi-se-Bont put 
on at Slade's Ferry. 

1827. 

Steamer Hancock commenced running regu- 
larly l)etween Fall River and Providence, 
Other steamers, the Babcock, Experiment, 
Rushlight, and Wadsworth, had previously 
attempted to establish communication be- 
tween this and other i)laces, but with only 
partial success. The Hancock was succeed- 
ed in 1832 by steamer King Philip. The King 
Philip was succeeded in 1845 by steamer 
Bradford Durfee. 

May 19. Marco Bozzaris, a steamer, ad- 
vertised to run between Dighton aud New 
York, stopping at Fall River—" Passengers 
to be taken by stage from Dighton to 
Boston." 

1828. 

First Savings Bank (Fall River) established. 

1829. 

Daniel Fuse died, last male of Pocasset tribe 
of Indians; active on the colonial side dur- 
ing the Revolutionary War. 

1831. 

Globe Print Works commenced running. 
Name changed to Bay State Print Works in 
1856. 



34 . CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 

1834. 

Xame of tlie town Troy, changed back to Fall 
River. 

American Print Works established. En" 
larged in 1857, but on Dec. 1.5, 1867, entirely 
destvoyed by tire, with a loss of over $1,000,000. 
In lS!)8-i), rebuilt and greativ enlarged. 

'835- 

Tiie lirst Incorporated Library (Athenannn) 

opened. 
1838. 

First Tliread Mill (O. Chace's) built. 
1840. 

Main Street set with two rows of Elms. 

• 843- 

Juiy 2. Tl>e '• Great Fire,'' burning over -20 
acres of the very centre of tlie village. Over 
200 buildings burned. Loss upwards of 
$.")00,000. 
1844. 

Question of boundary line between Massa- 
cluisetts and Rhode Island again agitated. 
In 1852, the sulnect referred to the Courts. 
In 18t>2, tiie present boundary lines estab- 
lishetl l)v the United States Courts. 

1845. 

June— Fall IJiver Railroad opened to Myricks. 

1846. 

Dec—Fall River Railroad opened to South 
IJraintree, connecting there with the Old 
(Colony Railroad. In 18.'>4, Old Colony and Fall 
River Railroads united. 



CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 35 



1847. 



Steamboat Line to New York establislied by 
the Buy State Steamboat Company, with the 
steamers Bay State and Empire State. 
Fall River Gas Works built. 

1850. 

Fall River High School established. 

1852. 

American Linen Company incorporated and 
lirst mill built. This was the tirst enterprise 
of the kind in the country, and a success in 
its manufacturing department; but as cot- 
ton and thin woolen fabrics were soon after 
generally substituted for linen goods, in 18.58 
the machinery was mostly changed to that 
for the manufacture of Print Cloths. 

1854 

April 12, Fall River incorporated a City. 

April 23, The Charter accepted by vote of the 

citizens. 

i860. 

Free Public Library established by the City. 

1861. 

April 12, Commencement of the Civil War in 
America. June 11, First troops trom Fall 
Rivei*, (Cos. A and B, 7th Regt.) mustered 
into the U. S. Service. From 1861 to 1864, the 
close of the war, Fall River furnished 1,770 
men, viz., 1,273 Army, 497 Navy. 

1863. 

Nov. 19, First passenger train to Stone Bridge. 



36 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, 

1865 

1869 



Mny 22, Firt<t passenger train on F;ill Kiver 
and Warren Railroad. 



»873- 



Dec. 25. Fire Alarm Telegraph cstiblislied. 

Aug. 1, Free Mail Delivery (8 carriers) es^tal- 
lished. 



%aAft^ 




g^S^ig¥idSi< 



— AND- 



Reference Tables. 



JANUARY, 1874 



CONTENTS. 



Population Tables. — 18 10-1873. 
Valuation Tables. — 1857- 1873. 
Statistics of Cotton Manufactories. 

Capital, Spindles, Looms, &c. 
Statistics of Cotton Manufactories. 

Location, Cotton Used, Production, &c, 
Pay-Days of the Corporations. 
Banks. — Capital, Surplus, Disct. Day, &c. 
Savings Banks, — Deposits, Disct. Day, &c. 



The following tables showing the population 
of Fall River at various times since 1810, with 
the valuation, rate of taxation, amount raised by 
tax, &c., for the last 17 years, have been com- 
piled with great care, mainly from the files of 
the Fall River News, and are believed to be 
very correct. 



40 



STATISTICS. 



Population 1810-1873. 



POPULATION OF FALL RIVER AT VAKIOUS TIMES. 



1810, 


1,296 


1857, 


12.395 


1820, 


1,594 


1858, 


12,815 


1830. 


4.159 


1859, 


12,524 


1840, 


6,738 


1860, 


13,240 


1844, 


9,054 


1861, 


14,026 


1845, 


10,290 


1862, 


17,461 


1846, 


11.174 


1863, 


15,495 


1847, 


11,646 


1864, 


17,114 


1848, 


10.922 


1865, 


J 7,525 


1849, 


11,003 


1866, 


19,2(52 


1850, 


11.170 


1867, 


21,174 


1851, 


10.786 


1868, 


23,023 


1852, 


11,605 


1869, 


25,099 


1853, 


12,286 


1870, 


27,191 


1864, 


12,700 


1871, 


28,291 


1855, 


12,680 


1872, 


34,835 


1856, 


12,926 


1873, 


38,464 



*The increase in population in 1862 was OAA'ing to 
the annexation of the Town of Fall River, K. I., 
which contained a population of about 3,590. 



STATISTICS. 41 



Valuation, &c., 1857-1873. 



VALUATION, TAX, &C 


., FOU 


THE LAST 17 TEARS. 








Anit. Kaised 


No. 


Year. 


Valuation 


Tax 


by Taxation. 


Polls. 


1857, 


$10 041,610 


$7.40 


$83,161.61 


3,241 


1858, 


9,923,495 


7.20 


77,929 35 


3,208 


1859. 


10,700,250 


7.00 


79.583.25 


3,121 


18f)0, 


11,.522.650 


7.40 


90,124.61 


3.238 


1861. 


11,261.065 


8.60 


102.162 04 


3,544 


1862, 


12.497,720 


11.00 


146 ( 45..30 


4,288 


18f)3, 


12,693,105 


11.150 


1.54.218.76 


4,105 


1834, 


11,057,645 


18.00 


207.731.61 


4 304 


18«5, 


12.134,990 


16.50 


209,272.20 


4,461 


1866, 


12,762,534 


17.50 


232,827.62 


4,740 


1867, 


15,220,628 


17.00 


269,020.95 


5,135 


1868, 


17,919,192 


14.00 


262,872.74 


6,002 


1869, 


21,398.525 


15.60 


346,310.99 


6,247 


1870, 


23,612,214 


15.3 1 


374,753.22 


6,743 


1871, 


29,141,117 


13.00 


392,974.15 


7,070 


1872, 


37,841,294 


12.00 


471,835.-53 


8,870 


1873, 


47,416,246 


13.00 


636,4.51.61 


10,020 



In 1840 the number of taxable polls was 1,603. 
The valuation of real estate was $1,678,603: of per- 
sonal estate, $1,310,865; total, $2,989,468. 



42 STATISTICS. 

STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 



IN FALL RIVER. 





Corporation. 


Treasurer. 


1 


American Linen Co., 


Walter Paine, 3a, 


2 


Annnwan Manufactory, 


R. B. Borden, 


3 


Barnard Mfg. Co., 


N. B. Borden, 


4 


Border City Mills, 


Geo. T Hathaway, 


5 


Chace Mills, 


Joseph A. Baker, 


6 


Crescent Mills, 


R. B. Borden, 


7 


Davol Mills, 


Wm. C. Davol, Jr.. 


8 


Durfee Mills, 


D. A. Bray ton. 


9 


Fall Kiver Manufactory, 


S. Angler Chace. 


10 


Fall River Print Works, 


Andrew Robeson,Jr. 


11 


Flint Mills, 


George H. Eddv, 


12 


(iranite Mills, 


Charles O. Shove, 


13 


King Philip Mills, 


E. C. Kilburn, 


14 


Aiassasoit Steam Mills, 


Charles Durfee, 


15 


Mechanics' Mills, 


Thomas J. Borden, 


16 


Merchants' Mfg. Co., 


Wm. II. Jennings, 


17 


Metacomet Mill, 


R. B. P.orden, 


18 


Montaup Mills, 


Isaac Borden, 


19 


Mount Hope Mill, 


Jeflerson Borden, 


20 


Narragansett Mills, 


James Waring, 


21 


Osborn Mills, 


Joseph Healy, 


22 


Pocasset Mfg. Co., 


Bradford D. Davol, 


23 


Richard Borden Mfg. Co., 


Thomas J. Boi'den, 


24 


Robeson Mills, 


Louis Robeson, 


25 


Sagamore Mills, 


D. Hartwell Dyer, 


2() 


Shove Mills, 


John P. Slade, 


27 


Slade Mills. 


James M. Osborn, 


28 


Staflord Mills, 


S. P. Lovell, 


29 


Tecumseh Mills, 


Isaac B. Chace, 


30 


Troy C. & W. Manuf 'y, 


Thomas J. Borden, 


31 


Union Mill Co.. 


S. Angier Chace, 


32 


VVampanoag Mills, 


Walter C. Durfee, 


33 


Watuppa Cotton Mill, 


Louis Robeson, 


34 


Weetamoe Mills, 


D. Hartwell Dyer, 



STATISTICS. 



43 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 



Capital. 


Spndls. 


Looms. 


$400,000 


82,512 


1,938 


160,000 


10,016 


192 


400 000 


30,256 


762 


1,000,000 


67,.520 


1,6.54 


500.000 


42,360 


1.008 


500,000 


33.280 


5.-V2 


270.000 


30,400 


642 ! 


. 500.000 


87,424 


2,064 i 


150,000 


25,992 


600 1 


200,000 


13 024 


306 ! 


600,000 


42.192 


1,016 I 


400,000 


78,432 


1,848 j 


.500,000 


32,576 


6.50 


200.000 


15..576 


3.56 1 


7.50,000 


53.712 


1,248 


800 000 


84,500 


1,924 


800.000 


23,840 


591 


250,000 


10.560 


108 ! 


200,000 


9,024 


216 


400,000 


27,920 


700 


500,000 


34,928 


800 


800.000 


34,248 


814 


800,000 


42 528 


1,008 


260,000 


14,400 


326 1 


550,000 


37.264 


860 


.550,000 


37,000 


900 


5.50,000 


35.928 


816 


550 000 


34,928 


860 


.3.50,000 


40,960 


996 


300 000 


38,736 


912 


155.000 


44,784 


1,050 


400,000 


27,920 


700 


75,000 


10,968 


304 


5.50 000 


34,080 


800 


$14,870,000 


1,269~788~ 


29,521 



Style of Goods. 



Print Cloths. 



Yd. wide Fine G'ds. 
Sheei'g.s & Silesias. 
Print Cloths. 



Yd . wide. fine goods 
Print Cloths. 



Bags. 
Shirtings. 

Print Cloths and > 
Corset .leans, S 
Print Cloths, 

Print Cloths, Sheet- > 
ingsand Shirt'gs.S 
Print Cloths. 



44 



STATISTICS. 



STATISTICS OF COTTON MANUFACTORIES 

IN FALL RIVER. 





Corporation. 


Location. 


1 


American Linen Co., 


Ferrv Street, 


2 


Anna wan INIanufactory, 


Annawan Street, 


3 


Barnard Mfg. Co. 


Quequechan Street, 


4 


Border City Mills, 


North Main Road, 


5 


Chace Wills, 


Rodman Street 


6 


Crescent Mills, 


Eight Rod Way, 


7 


Davol Mills, 


Hartwell Street, 


8 


Durfee Mills, 


Pleasant Street. 


9 


Fall River Manufactory, 


Pocasset Street, 


10 


Fall RivM- Print Works, 


Pocasset Street, 


11 


Flint Mills. 


Alden Street, 


12 


Granite Mills, 


Twelfth Street, 


13 


King Philip Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


14 


Massasoit Steam Mills, 


Davol Street, 


15 


Mochanics' Mills, 


Mechanicsville, 


16 


Merchants' Mfg. Co , 


Fourteenth Street, 


17 


Metacomet Mill, 


Annawan Street, 


18 


INl on taup Mills, 


Laurel I>ake, 


19 


Mount Hope Mills, 


Bay Street, 


20 


Narragansctt Mills, 


North Main Road, 


21 


Osborn Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


22 


Pocasset Mfg Co., 


Pocasset Street, 


23 


Richard Borden Mfg. Co. 


Rodman Street, 


24 


Robeson Mills 


Hartwell Street, 


25 


Sagamore Mills, 


North Main Road, 


26 


Shove Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


27 


Slade Mills, 


Laurel Lake, 


28 


Stafford Mills, 


Quarry Street, 


29 


Tecumseh Mills, 


' Hartwell Street, 


30 


Troy C. & W Manuf 'y, 


1 Trov Street, 


31 


Uni^n Mill Co., 


1 Pleasant Street, 


32 


Wanipanoag Mills, 


Quequechan Street, 


33 


VVaUippa C()lt<m Mill, 


Pocasset Street, 


34 


Weetainoe Mills, 


Mechanicsville, 



STATISTICS. 



45 



STATISTICS OF COTPON MANUFACT0EI2S 

IN FALL RIVER. 



In- 


Bis. Cot- 


Yds. of Cloth 


No. 


Monthly 


cor- 


ton used 


manufactured 


Hands 


Pay' 


p'd. 


per anil. 


per annum. 


Empl'd 


Roll. 


1852 


8,500 


20,000,000 


1000~ 


" 32,000 


1825 


1,000 


2.1.50,000 


140 


3,500 


1873 


3,500 


9,000,000 


,375 


13,000 


1872 


. 7,500 


19,000.000 


825 


30,000 


1871 


4,500 


12,000,000 


450 


15.000 


1871 


2,500 


5,000.000 


350 


12,000 


1867 


3,650 


5.000,000 


425 


15,000 


1866 


9,000 


23 000,000 


950 


33,000 


1813 


3,000 


7.250,000 


330 


9.000 


1848 


1,500 


3.7.50.000 


175 


5,.500 


1872 


4,500 


12,000,000 


550 


16,000 


1863 


8,250 


22,000,000 


900 


30,000 


1871 


2,100 


5,500,000 


375 


13.000 


1843 


1,500 


3,7.50,000 


175 


5.500 


, 1868 


6,000 


15,000,000 


625 


21,000 


1867 


9,500 


23,000,000 


900 


30,000 


1847 


2,200 


6,250,000 


325 


9,000 


1871 


300 


3.2.50.000 


1.50 


4,.500 


1867 


675 


1,225,000 


160 


4.000 


1871 


3,250 


8,2.50,000 


350 


10,.500 


1871 


3,750 


9,-500,000 


425 


14,000 


1822 


3,000 


7,000,000 


475 


15.000 


1 1871 


4,500 


11,250,000 


550 


16,250 


1 1867 


1,500 


3,7.50,000 


160 


5,.500 


1872 


4,000 


10,250,000 


450 


14.000 


1872 


4,250 


10,.500,000 


475 


14,.500 


1871 


3,500 


9,000,000 


.375 


13.000 


1871 


4,000 


10,000 000 


390 


13,000 


1866 


4,250 


11,000,000 


425 


16,000 


1814 


4,000 


10,2.50.000 


450 


15,.500 


1859 


5,000 


12,000,000 


490 


16,000 


1871 


3,4<I0 


. 8,250,000 


350 


J0,.500 


1848 


1,100 


3,000 000 


175 


4,500 


1871 

1 


3,600 


9 750 000 


425 


13,000 


132,775 


331,875,000 


15,145 


492,250 



46 



PAY DAYS. 



Pay-Day of the Several Corporations 

IN FALL RIVER. 



American Linen Co., 


Third Wednesday, 


American Print Works, 


Second 




Annawan Manufactory, 


Second 


" 


Htirnard Manufg. Co., 


Second 


'< 


Border Citv Mills, 


Fourth 


'' 


Chace Mill's, 


Fourth 


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Crescent Mills, 


Second 


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Davol Mills, 


First 


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Durfee Mills 


Fourth 


«' 


Fall River Bleaclierv, 


Fourth 


'• 


Fall Kiver Iron VYorks, 


Second 




Fall River Minnfactory, 


First 


'• 


Fall River Print Works, 


Second 


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Flint Mills. 


Second 


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Granite Mills, 


First 


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Kin- Piiilii) Mills, 


Fourth 


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Massasoit steam Mills, 


Second 


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Mechanics' Mills, 


Third 


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Mercliants' Manufg. Co., 


Fir.vt 


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Metacomet Mill, 


Second 


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Montanp IMills, 


First 


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Mount Hope Mills, 


Second 


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Narrauansett Mills, 


First 


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Oshor'n Mills, 


Fir.^t 


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I'ocassct Manufg. Co.. 


Second 


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Richard Borden Mfg. Co., 


Third 


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Robeson 3Iills, 


Third 


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Sagamore .Mills, 


Second 


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Shove Mills, 


Second 


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Sliidc Mills. 


Third 


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Stallord Mills, 


Third 


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Tecumseh Mills, 


First 


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Troy C. & W. Manuf 'v. 


Second 


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ITnion ISrill Co., 


First 


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WamsuttaSt'mW. Mill, 


Third 


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Wami)anoag Mills. 


So(;ond 


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Watuppa jNIanutg. Co., 


Second 


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Weetamoe Mills, 


Second 


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48 INDIAN NAMES. 

Indian Names of Fall Eiver and Vicinity. 



ANNAWAX— l(i(tO ('O— inrc. A Wainpanoaj,', one of King Phil- 
ip's most famous Captains. 

CANONlCUS-1557 (?)-lW7. Chief of the Narragansetts; 
a friend of Roger Williams. 

CORBIT ANT— ir,90 ( ?)— 1(24. Sachem of Pocasset Tribe ; chief 

residence at Gardner's Neck, Swansea. 
KING PHILIP— 1028 (?)— 1'>7«. Indian name, Metacoiiiet; 

youngest son of Massasoit, and his successor in 1(>(J2, as 

Chief of the Wampanoags. 

MASSASOIT— 1.581-1001. Sachem of the Wampanoags, and 
Chief of the Indian Confederacy formed of tribes in Eastern 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. A staunch friend of the 
English. 

METACOMET— Indian name of King Philip, second son of 
Massasoit. 

MONTAUP— Indian name of Mount Hope. 

NARRAGANSETT— Indian tribe on west side of Narragansett 
Bay. 

POCASSET— Indian name of territory, now including Fall 
River and Tiverton. 

QUEQUETEANT— Indian name of Fall River, signifying the 
PI.AC'K. of falling water. 

QllEQUECIIAN— Indian name of the stream-Fall River— sig- 
nifying falling water or quick running water. 

SAGAMORE— Title of Indian Chief. 

TECUMSEH— 1770-1818. Chief of the Shawnees; distinguished 
for his eloquence, bravery and manly virtues. Prominent 
on the Western frontier in the war of 1812. 

WAMl'ANOAG— Indian tribe occupying territory west of Mt. 
Hope Bay. 

\V AMSIJTTA- 1C2.'; ( ? )— 1G02. Eldest son and'successor of Mas- 
sasoit in 1001. English name, Alexander. 

WATUPPA— Name of Ponds cast of the city, signifying boats, 
or the place of boats. 

WEETAMOE— 1020 (?)— 1070. Daughter and snccessor of Cor- 
bitant as Sachem of the Pocasset Tribe; residence at Fall 
River; drowned while crossing Slade's Ferry. 



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